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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Optical spectroscopy of erbium and thulium doped SnO<sub>2</sub>:SiO<sub>2</sub> glass ceramics
No full textThe advantages of multifunctional integrated optical components in planar devices are well known. For these devices to be small, a planar amplifier with high rare-earth solubility and photosensitivity would be highly desirable. Tin-doped silica has been found to have high negative photosensitivity, with excellent thermal stability. Optical spectroscopy has been carried out on a range of erbium- and thulium-doped tin-silicates, with rare earth doping levels from 200-10,000ppm and tin concentrations from 2-15%. These glass-ceramics were produced by a low-temperature sol-gel method. This paper presents the results of the absorption and emission spectra, with calculations of hydroxyl concentration. The relevant emission lifetime data shows dependency on both tin concentration and rare earth concentration. The implications of these results are then discussed and related to potential device performance
EPR response and magnetic interactions in ordered solid solutions of nickel lithium oxides
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E’γ centers induced by γ irradiation in sol-gel synthesized oxygen deficient amorphous silicon dioxide
No full textThe effects of room temperature γ-ray irradiation up to a dose of ∼1300 kGy are investigated by Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements in amorphous silicon dioxide (a-SiO2) produced by a sol–gel synthesis method that introduces OSiSiO oxygen deficiency. We have found that exposure to radiation generates the center with the same spectral features found in high purity commercial a-SiO2. The maximum concentration of defects induced in this sol–gel material indicates that its resistance to radiation is comparable to that of synthetic fused a-SiO2. The concentration of center increases with irradiation, featuring a sublinear dose dependence up to the highest investigated dose and showing no saturation effects. This defect generation process suggests that the chemically induced precursor influences the mechanisms of center generation
E’_gamma centers induced by gamma irradiation in sol-gel synthesized oxygen deficient amorphous silicon dioxide.
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